Hail size 2.5"
15 ESE Wendte Jones County
“2.5 inch diameter hail... very heavy rain and winds up to 60 mph. The storm lasted 20-25 minutes from beginning to end. (ABR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Jones
Hail in Draper · Jul 25, 2026
NEXRAD logged 19 hail signatures up to 4"; the estimated-size surface reached 2.75" aloft. At 4" — softball or larger — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 4" ≈ softball or larger · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 21
Ground reports 2 1 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Draper has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 7.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 100 /100
- Homes exposed
- 27 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Draper saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 25, 2026 · Draper, SD
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Max size
4"
Detections
19
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
2.75"
The storm in context
Where Jul 25, 2026 sits in Draper's hail record.
This was Draper's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Draper at 4" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Draper: the same system put hail over 303 other tracked cities, 102 of them in South Dakota. Nearest: Murdo (13 miles west, up to 4"); White River (26 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Fort Pierre (28 miles north, up to 3.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Draper storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.
Ground reports
What people on the ground reported
2 reports filed with the NWS
These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.
Hail reports
1 reportWind reports
1 report Wind gust 80 mph
11 ESE Wendte Jones County
“Winds estimated to be 80 mph or greater. Quarter size hail also occurred. (ABR)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Hail was reported over 45 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Wendte — beyond Draper itself.
Severe hail signal
What 4" hail means for Draper roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
21 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$252K
Potential roof exposure — 21 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $4 on top of the $150 plan.
Draper hail history
Other storms in Draper.
10 recorded storm days in Draper, SD
Estimated-size surface Storm date Draper / SD
Aug 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Draper / SD
Jul 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Draper / SD
Jul 3, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Draper / SD
Jun 28, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Draper / SD
Jun 27, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Draper / SD
Jun 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Draper / SD
Jun 3, 2026
3" Signatures 3" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Draper / SD
Jun 2, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Draper / SD
May 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 11, 2026.